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Private Eye Eye Crossword 639 Wednesday November 28Th 2018

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stainl88 | 10:56 Wed 28th Nov 2018 | Crosswords
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Just one parsing explanation required.

1d Run an exposé: "ex-royal's mean!" (8)

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I am sure it is DISCLOSE meaning to run an exposé and I get the "ex-royal's " will be DIS. But is CLOSE really a synonym of MEAN?
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Yes, close as in mean, tight-fisted, stingy.
10:57 Wed 28th Nov 2018
Yes, close as in mean, tight-fisted, stingy.
Yes it is - from Chambers Thesaurus -

close
adj
... miserly, mean, stingy, niggardly, penny-pinching formal parsimonious colloq. tight
Mean as in tight/ not generous

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